Smyrna times., 1887-06-22
Smyrna and Vicinity.

Smyrna and Vicinity.
HIRNHEIMER gives notice of a full
line of summer goods.
MOSQUITOES have been unusually
thick tee past few days.
THE strawberry short cake will be
far too short for another year.
THE curbing around the Town Hall
is being reset and Strengthened.
THERE has been considerable dam
age in some fields of wheat by the hes
sian fly.
ATTENTION is called to the adver-
tlsements of VIM. T. Johnson and
Eugene Crow.
THERE is a talk of the Methodist
Sunday school making their excursion
to Colchester.
The Sunday school of st. Peters
church will picnic at Woodland Beach
next Wednesday.
The first raspberries in market were
from the patch of J. D. Scout, on sale
Saturday by 7. B. Megear.
J. B. MIFFLIN has purchased one of
Mr.. AnthOny's lots on South street on
which he purposes to build cottage.
The fields of wheat on the Cowgill
farm seeded by Jos. Foreacres last fall.
are remarkably fine, all things consid,
cred.
The hay harvest commenced last
week, and will hardly be out of the
way before the wheat is ready for the
reaper.
The " Home School" closed on Fri
day for the summer. Mr.. Roe will
open again on the first Monday in Sep
tember.
PRESLEY FORD is accredited with the
best field of corn in Serverson's Neck
with that of Chas. Griffith close bv
pressing it hard.
THE sale of the DR.. Charles Noble
farms will be effected tomorrow bv
John Biggs, Esq, agent for the heirs.
See advertisement.
The members of Love and Union
Lodge, g. U. O.O.F., will give a grand
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ton on Monday, July 4th.
THE wood work Of the Taylor shops
has passed under the painters brush
the past week. The red of the win
dows is especially noticeable in the ar
tistic effect.
" PROF" BLACK the colored inven-
tor, of Baltimore, is billed for grand
exhibition" at the Centennial church
on Wednesday and Thursday evenings
of this week.
If the white and colored people car
ry out their programmes as outlined
for the Fourth of July, we shall have
rather a big time of it in the way of
music, professions, &c.
FARMERS in need of harvest goods.
ladies in need Of dress goods for wear
ing apparel or carpets for the floor, and
children in need Of school books will
find them all at the store ofJ. B. Cooper.
WE have received very handsome
cards of invitation for the annual com
mencement of Pierce's Business College
to be held at the Academy of Music.
Philadelphia on Friday evening, July
lst.
WE are indebted TO Frank Collins
for box Of the finest Strawberries we
have seen this year. His patch came
into full ripeRing when the others
were going out, and be has found a
profitable market.
The finest fields of wheat on the
road 70 White Hall Neck, so we are
told, are that on the Daniel B. Cum
minis farla, and the two fields of John
Bennett and those OF y. F, Cummins
and T. B. Donovan.
THERE was a vast amount Of thun-
der and lightning on Sunday evening
but small rain fall. West of us H
was heavier and accompanied IN some
places by hail especially in the neigh,
borhood Of Downs Chapel.
Jos, Burrows was run over bv n
horse and carriage at the Bombay
Hook crossing Ope evening last week.
but fortunately mOTe aoaged than hurt.
The boys were to busy With their plav
70 notice approaching carriages,
The William Denney farm In Raw.
mOndis Neck in the tenure Of the
Clement brothers presents a beautiful
field Of corn, and lhe same can be said
OF the wheat and Ia fact, 90 far as that
goes, of the wheat Of the neigbborhood.
THERE are fifteen applicants for the
position of Principal Of our schools,
from which the selection will probably
be made at the meeting of the Board
two weeks hence One of the boys
wants the selection 70 fall on one who
is good at playing ball.